Planter.



I. IVI. .VASCONCELLOS.

'HNHK APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. 1916. 11,239,646. Patentedsept. 11,1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

l ATTY .Iosr'i MOTTA vnscoucnnnos, or aro DE Jauniao, BRAZIL.

PLANTER.

rSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept.. lll, 119.17.

Application filed September 2, 1916. Serial No. 118,230.

To all whom t may concern:

Y Be it known that l, `,losii MorraV VAsooN- cnLLos, agriculturist engineer, a citizen of Brazil, residing at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have invented new and useful improvements in Planters, of which the following is a specication. Y V

rl`he invention refers to a sugarcane planter which may also be used for planting .or sowing other plants or seeds. l

Up to now the work of planting sugarcane has been done by manual labor, las there have been no machines adapt-ed for such purpose. Manual lab-or, is relatively expensive, slow andimperfect and, at times, there is difficulty in finding hands for carrying on the same. By using a machine such as disclosed herein, the planting of cane is effected with rapidity and small outlay.

In the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, 1 have illustrated a form of embodiment of the invention, in which drawings similar reference characters designatecorresponding parts and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the said planter. Fig. 2 is a plan view the lower part or frame of the car being omitted. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the elevating means.

AA planter, according to the invention, comprises a car 1, in which a raising and lowering apparatus is litted, of any adequate type, and which, in the machine here represented, consists of a vertical screw 2, which rotates upon a nut 3 fixed in the car; a follower 4 mounted in order to be moved vertically by means of the lifting apparatus (in this case by the screw 2); means for guiding the follower in its vertical movements and which in the machine shown consists of two vertical columns 5, 5, fixed to the car 1, and which pass through holes in the follower; a plow 6, whose beam 7 is iixed at its front end so as to oscillate vertically in the follower 4:; a pair of moldboards 8 fixed upon a post 9, secured in an adjustable manner upon an extension 7a of the beam 7; a roller 11 mounted upon a bar 12 secured in an adjustable manner to the back end of the extension 7 a of the beam 7 a spout or tap 13 fixed on to the car having its lower end placed between the plow 6 and the pair of moldboards 8; means for suspending the plow in an inoperative position, such means being shown in the example shown by a chain 14, which is hooked on to the beam or to some other part of the frame.

`into the spout,

The plants are transported on the frame. The operator on a seat (not shown) on the frame, after having unhooked the chain 14 which suspends the plow, regulates the depth of the furrow by raising or lowering the follower Ll by means of the apparatus 2, and the car being put in movement in the direction in which it is desired to open the furrow, while the plow 6 opens the furrow, the operator throws the sprouts of the cane or those of other plants or simple seeds; the inoldboard S reaches the trench in order to cover the plants with part of the earth which has been removed by the plow, and the roller 11 comes into operation for leveling the ground.

1n the example shown, 15 is a spring connected to the shaft 12 of the roller 11 and to a fixed part in the extension 7 of the beam of the plow. This spring permits the shaft of the roller to oscillatc backward in the event of the roller coming in to contact with any obstacle which might damage it. 16 indicates a rotary knife, mounted above the spout 13 and moved by gearing 17 actuated by a chain 18 which passes over a sprocketwheell) fixed on one of the wheels 20 of the car. The knife 16 cuts the cane in pieces which pieces then fall into the furrow y through the spout 13.

The car may be supplied with a hopper for holding the sprouts or seeds, and this hopper may be provided with an automatic feeding-apparatus moved by hand or by the transmission of force obtained from one of the wheels of the car itself, or by means of any suitable motive power.

rlhe wheels 20 of the car are mounted on laterallyextending trunnions 21, lined on to the supports 22 in the structure of the frame,

leaving sufficient space between the wheels for the plow .and other elements. The car has a guiding means which, in the example shown, consists of one wheel 23, mounted upon a vertical rotary rod 24; which may be operated by a hand-steering lever 25.

Both the moldboards 8 and the roller 11 are mounted so that they can be adjusted vertically and in the example shown, the inclination of the inoldboards S in relation one to the other, can also be adjusted. To this end the moldboards 8 and the horizontal rod 9n attached to the bar and in whichthe moldboards are mounted, have their ends in the form of cogged segments and a bored hole in the center of each segment and each moldb'ioarwdY S-A has a tail-endrwitli two slotsyr one of which coincideskwith the alreadynientioned slot in` the ba 9,` and the' other with one of the spaces desired oi' the teethl A two-pointed clip, one

of the segments. of which passes through the holes inthe 'Iiildboard and inthe bar, and the other by the other hole in the inoldboard and by the supported frame, cane chopping mechanism mounted on the frame, a plow beam pivotally secured' to the frame, a furrow 4opener on said beam, means for guiding chopped cane from the chopping element downward tothe furrow made by said furrow opener, a rearward extension secured to said plow beam, a pair of ln'oldboards adju'Sta-bly securedto the extension and adjustably held in relation to each other, `and a roller adjastatly Seem-tate' gaia exfhsion in the my of the moldboards.

4 2. A planter comprising a vehicle frame, a beam adjustably carried by the frame and having aI rearward extension, a standard' secured: to'. said `rearward extension7 moldboards adjustably mounted on the standard, a roller having al supporting standard piv- 'Otally and adfjus'tably carried by tlie rearward: extension the rear of thel moldboar-ds, and are'sihent member having one end se'c'uredftoi said roller supporting standard' and its opposite end' securedto-l ,a part of said rearward extension. p ln testimony lwhereof Ithave `signeid my -n'a'me to this' specification in the' presence vof two subscribing witnesses'. i p

Jose. Morra' .vAsooNoELLos VWitnesses: Y

SYD'o TA'VAR'Y DE Grimm, Y

JOS CARLOSl 1bn' Gnmrrom 

